At the open portion of its March 8, 2000 meeting, the Commission determined to take the following actions. These actions will not be effectuated until appropriate documents implementing them are prepared and issued.

Upon consideration of the record in this proceeding, the Commission determined to adopt the proposed rule, which would define the term "ocean common carrier" to mean "a common carrier that operates, for all or part of its common carrier service, a vessel on the high seas or the Great Lakes between a port in the United States and a port in a foreign country, except that the term does not include a common carrier engaged in ocean transportation by ferry boat, ocean tramp, or chemical parcel-tanker."

--- tariff publishers publishing tariffs as if they were currently in effect when the tariffs were in fact canceled;

--- tariff publishers publishing tariffs for carriers that have not filed an FMC-1 Form or do not have licenses;

--- tariff publishers filing FMC-1 Forms allegedly on behalf of carriers that have actually published tariffs through different tariff publishers; and

--- tariffs that contain no rates or only Cargo, NOS rates.

Docket No. 99-23 - In the Matter of a Single Individual Contemporaneously Acting as the Qualifying Individual for Both an Ocean Freight Forwarder and a Non-Vessel-Operating Common Carrier

Upon consideration of the record in this proceeding, the Commission determined to adopt the proposed rule, which would allow affiliated companies to have the same qualifying individual to obtain a license as an ocean transportation intermediary; amend the definition of "branch office" by removing the last sentence of the definition which states that the term does not include a separately incorporated branch office; and to republish a certification process as required by 21 U.S.C. §862, which provides that Federal benefits shall be withheld in certain circumstances from individuals who have been convicted of drug distribution or possession in Federal or state courts.